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The Theme of the Bible

The Theme of the Bible. El Bethel church of Christ October 3, 2005. 1. THEME!. 40 Authors…6 Major Empires…. 1500 Years… 66 Books…. 3 Continents…3 Languages. The Gospel. The Plan of Redemption. SIN. MERCY. RIGHTEOUSNESS. PROPITIATION. BLOOD. ATONEMENT. REGENERATION. FORGIVENESS.

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The Theme of the Bible

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  1. The Theme of the Bible El Bethel church of Christ October 3, 2005

  2. 1 THEME! 40 Authors…6 Major Empires… 1500 Years… 66 Books… 3 Continents…3 Languages The Gospel

  3. The Plan of Redemption SIN MERCY RIGHTEOUSNESS PROPITIATION BLOOD ATONEMENT REGENERATION FORGIVENESS OBEDIENCE SANCTIFICATION SACRIFICE REDEMPTION GRACE FAITH JUSTIFICATION

  4. Everyone deserves to hear the gospel! An Urgent and Important Command The great commission – “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation...” Mark 16:15

  5. The Gospel Power of God - “I am not ashamed of the gospel for it is the power of God for salvation...” Roman 1:16

  6. The Gospel “...when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power...” 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9

  7. The Gospel DIFFICULT STATEMENT POLITICALLY INCORRECT “I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned!” Galatians 1:6-12

  8. The Gospel “I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned!” Galatians 1:6-12 1 How can I know? Where would we start? Gospel Galatians 1:6-12

  9. Galatians 3:24 OLD LAW Also Rom. 15:4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. 1 Cor. 10:11 Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction TEACHER TO BRING US TO CHRIST JUSTIFIED BY FAITH

  10. Which GOD? NT OT

  11. The Nature of God… Before the mountains were born or You gave birth to the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. Psalm 90:2 ETERNAL And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father…for the LORD searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts.I Chronicles 28:9 ALL KNOWING The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.Isaiah 40:28ff ALL POWERFUL

  12. GOD IS HOLY The Nature of God… Before the mountains were born or You gave birth to the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. Psalm 90:2 ETERNAL And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father…for the LORD searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts.I Chronicles 28:9 ALL KNOWING The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.Isaiah 40:28ff ALL POWERFUL

  13. GOD Inhabits eternity with a dominion of purity defined by His nature “Far be it from God to do wickedness, And from the Almighty to do wrong. .. Surely, God will not act wickedly, And the Almighty will not pervert justice.” Job 34:10-12

  14. GOD There is no hint of moral evil in His nature “For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; No evil dwells with You.” Psalms 5:4

  15. God’s holiness is demonstrated in His justice and love toward His creation. Holy Ps 33:4-5 For the word of the LORD is upright, And all His work is done in faithfulness. He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the LORD. LOVE JUSTICE

  16. God demands moral uprightness in His creatures because He is Holy! “Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy; and I have set you apart from the peoples to be Mine.”Leviticus 20:26 Set Apart

  17. GOD GOD SPIRITUAL UNIONSPIRITUAL FELLOWSHIP

  18. GOD GOD God exhibits an attitude of abhorrence and hatred to all that is wrong “You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and cannot look upon wickedness.” Hab 1:13

  19. GOD GOD Cannot co-exist with sin “Your iniquities have separated you from your God; and your sins have hidden his face from you.” Is 59:2

  20. SPIRITUAL DEATH GOD “you were dead in your trespasses and sins” Eph 2:1

  21. DEATH Ezekiel 18:20... the person who sins he shall die SIN

  22. DEATH Ezekiel 18:20... the person who sins he shall die Psa 53:3“...everyone turns away…no one does good, not even one.” SIN

  23. DEATH The CONSEQUENCES of SIN SPIRITUAL ~Isaiah 59:2 MORTAL • Other consequences (Gen 3): • increased pain in childbirth • toil and labor • 1st prophecy of Christ “For out of the dust youwere taken; for dust you are, and to the dust you shall return.” ~ Genesis 3:19

  24. DEATH Psa 53:3“...everyone turns away…no one does good, not even one.” The PRICE for SIN LIFE “without the shedding of blood there can be no remission of sins.” Heb. 9:22

  25. The Price Genesis 2:16-17 “The LORD God commanded the man, saying, ‘From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.’”

  26. SIN DEATH A Just God 2 Peter 2:4-9 4 For if Goddid not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment;

  27. SIN DEATH A Just God 5 and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; Noah’s Flood (Genesis 6-8)

  28. SIN DEATH A Just God 6 and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter... Genesis 18-19

  29. SIN DEATH The Price is Right We deserve to die for breaking the laws of the God of the universe!!! The person who sins will die. Ezekiel 18:20

  30. Death Man finds himself in a very desperate situation: Man has broken the laws of the God of the universe, this has separated him from God, and the price of death hangs over his head (which he cannot pay!) by a just God! God’s Justice Demands Death as Payment for Sin

  31. God’s Love Provides a way to Pay the Price Mercy God does not give what is deserved Grace God gives what is not deserved NOT GUILTY!!

  32. MERCY BLOOD

  33. Atonement Kaphar: to cover, purge, make an atonement, make reconciliation, cover over with pitch • (Qal) to coat or cover with pitch • (Piel) • to cover over, pacify, propitiate • to cover over, atone for sin, make atonement for • to cover over, atone for sin and persons by legal rites • (Pual) • to be covered over • to make atonement for • (Hithpael) to be covered

  34. GOD GOD Atonement “...for it is on this day that atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you; you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD” Lev 16:30 ATONEMENT

  35. Atonement Leviticus 17:11 'For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.'

  36. Atonement Leviticus 17:11 'For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.'

  37. Payment REPRESENTS LIFE BLOOD ATONES FOR Innocent LIFE SINNER REPRESENTS Guilty LIFE Innocent LIFE Heb 9:22 …without the shedding of blood there can be no forgiveness

  38. GOD SANCTIFICATION “...that He might sanctify her [the church], having cleansed her …” Eph. 5:25-26

  39. Lev 17:11 “The sinner deserved to die; therefore the sacrifice must die. ...God appointed the sprinkling or pouring out of the blood of the sacrifice upon the altar to signify that the life of the sacrifice was given to God instead of the sinner's life, and as a ransom or counter-price for it; therefore without shedding of blood there was no remission, Heb 9:22.” Macknight

  40. SINS Animal Sacrifice SINS (FIGURATIVE) INNOCENT GUILTY

  41. DEATH Animal Sacrifice Leviticus 17:11 'For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.' SINS (FIGURATIVE) Heb 9:22 …without the shedding of blood there is no remission. REPRESENTATIVE DEATH

  42. but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.“ (Gen 2) • For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.‘ (Lev 17) • …without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. (Heb 9:22) Adam & Eve “died” through the animal deaths

  43. SINS (FIGURATIVE) SINS REPRESENTATIVE DEATH DEATH Animal Sacrifice JUSTICE MERCY

  44. What Made it Work? FAITH

  45. Unacceptable Sacrifices FAITH Cain: Genesis 4 Priests: Leviticus 10 Jews: Malachi 1:8

  46. Abel Noah Abraham Abraham Sarah Abraham Isaac Israelites Walls of Jericho OFFERED PREPARED OBEYED LIVED CONCEIVED OFFERED BLESSED PASSED THROUGH ENCIRCLED By Faith… Belief-based ACTION Genuine FAITH requires

  47. Genuine Faith – Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

  48. Genuine Faith – Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

  49. Genuine Faith – Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. FAITH = Belief-based action

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